Rain in Maine

We spent a week in Maine and the majority of the time it was either raining or overcast.  It is a beautiful state, even in the rain, but it would have been nicer if the weather included a little more sunshine.

We reached Maine in the sunshine and toured the capitol in Augusta.  It's a nice capitol but I, personally, found the capitol a little plain.  I guess it reflects the state since you typically think of Mainers as being "no-frills".  Doug's brother and wife met us there for a week in Rockland which is on the coast.

Our second day was also sunny and we hit the big LL Bean store in Freeport on our way from Augusta to Rockland.  Had to do that!  There are also a lot of other stores on that street and it has become a shoppers' mecca and a real tourist attraction.  We gave the area due respect, mostly as window shoppers but we did leave our share of greenbacks, too.  By the time we reached Rockland, though, the clouds had rolled in.  The next 3 days were rainy and overcast.  We didn't let that stop us, though.


By Thursday, we drove south and ended up in Portland to see several of the local light houses.  As we went south, we hit sunshine.  Yeah!!  From there, Doug's brother and wife continued home while Doug and I went back to Rockland and clouds again.  Rockland never did see any sunshine the whole week we were there.

Friday, Doug and I headed north to Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park.  We did see some sunshine there and the interior of the island was sunny but the coastlines of the island were a mix.  And, of course, by the time we reached Rockland we were back in the clouds.  We went up to Cadillac Mountain in Acadia Park, the park's highest point, and caught it in semi-sunshine.  From that high, you can really tell that the Maine coastline is well populated with small islands.  It truly is a beautiful state.